[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #421: emulated AirPort Express as audio source

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#421: emulated AirPort Express as audio source
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  Reporter:  albert       |       Owner:  lennart
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new    
  Priority:  low          |   Milestone:         
 Component:  daemon       |    Severity:  normal 
Resolution:               |    Keywords:         
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Comment (by coling):

 Hi Albert,

 As the person who has done most of the work on #69 I can say that the
 opposite, while very attractive, is very much harder.

 For one AFAIK the encryption key that would allow us to emulate an
 airtunes device has not been cracked and thus it's pretty much impossible.

 We are able to do #69 (and raop-play etc.) due to the fact that the
 encryption key for an older version of iTunes on PPC was cracked and we
 essentially emulate it. That's the only reason the airport devices will
 speak to us.

 Another important factor is that the Airtunes devices are capable of
 AAC/ALAC decoding and other fanciness.  I'd be a little reticent of adding
 this support into pulse directly but there is not real reason not to.. it
 just seems a little higher level than pulse's usual stuff. That said, if
 the keys were known, I think it would be a fun project, even if it's not
 part of pulse directly.

 So as far as I know, this is pretty much impossible until the keys are
 known.

 (I'd be happy to be corrected here)

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